Road to the Oscars
For the better part of the last decade, the Oscar Statues been made at Urban Art Projects in Orange County and plated with 24 karat gold at Epner Technology in Brooklyn. The process begins with a mold, then a wax copy. Then from wax to the ceramic shell, 12 layers of coating by hand are added. From the the wax Oscar inside the ceramic shell is melted out and replaced with bronze. After finishing department to fix any imperfections. Each statue is then sent to EPNER Technology in Brooklyn where they’re plated in copper, then nickel plated and finally, 24-karat gold.
For the better part of the last decade, the Oscar Statues been made at Urban Art Projects in Orange County and plated with 24 karat gold at Epner Technology in Brooklyn. The process begins with a mold, then a wax copy. Then from wax to the ceramic shell, 12 layers of coating by hand are added. From the the wax Oscar inside the ceramic shell is melted out and replaced with bronze. After finishing department to fix any imperfections. Each statue is then sent to EPNER Technology in Brooklyn where they’re plated in copper, then nickel plated and finally, 24-karat gold.
How the Oscar Statuettes are made
The statuettes are coated in 24-karat gold using an old technique called the lost wax process, which humans have been using for thousands of years.
The statuettes are coated in 24-karat gold using an old technique called the lost wax process, which humans have been using for thousands of years.
Epner’s Laser Gold goes to the Oscars
In 2016,The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is fulfilling the task of returning the world-recognized statuette to its roots as a true art object. Polich Tallix was able to restore the detail and refinement of the original 1929 Oscar. Epner Technology is able to maintain this detail after “dressing” him in a suite of gold, but not just any gold –Laser Gold. Hand delivered to Epner’s Brooklyn factory from the foundry, the first step in the process was to polish the raw bronze. Each Oscar was then racked, electro-cleaned, copper plated, bright nickel plated and immediately immersed in the Laser Gold Plating tank. The entire cycle took more than six hours each.
In 2016,The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is fulfilling the task of returning the world-recognized statuette to its roots as a true art object. Polich Tallix was able to restore the detail and refinement of the original 1929 Oscar. Epner Technology is able to maintain this detail after “dressing” him in a suite of gold, but not just any gold –Laser Gold. Hand delivered to Epner’s Brooklyn factory from the foundry, the first step in the process was to polish the raw bronze. Each Oscar was then racked, electro-cleaned, copper plated, bright nickel plated and immediately immersed in the Laser Gold Plating tank. The entire cycle took more than six hours each.
The New Oscar Statuette
The 2016 statuette has been modeled after the 1929 and 2015 designs. It was cast out of bronze for the first time in over 80 years, then it was electroplated in 24-karat gold by Epner Technology.
The 2016 statuette has been modeled after the 1929 and 2015 designs. It was cast out of bronze for the first time in over 80 years, then it was electroplated in 24-karat gold by Epner Technology.
